With the monkey grooming and fussing over the baby cat, the pair seem inseparable -- but it's complicated, says zoo's manager

A baboon at a children’s petting zoo has adopted a tiny kitten that strayed into its cage a few weeks ago The kitten has refused to leave, and the baboon hasn’t let the furry feline out of her sight.

The relationship developed at the petting zoo at Kibbutz Ein Harod in the Jezreel Valley. The baboon began treating the little kitty as if she were her own baby. After adopting the kitten, the baboon began doing what any self-respecting Old World monkey might do for a loved one — groomed the kitten and checked her for fleas; fussed over her and carried her everywhere she went.

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